"Come on, Casey!" Marti hollered, holding up her sled excitedly.
The whole McDonald- Venturi family were at the park on a winter afternoon. It had been the only place nearby that had a hill big enough for Marti to test out her new sled. The other kids had brought theirs too, deciding to make it a fun afternoon, except for Casey, of course.
"I don't have a sled, Marti," Casey told her, taking a seat on the picnic bench with their parents, sipping on hot chocolate that Nora had brought in a thermos.
Marti frowned, but noticing Derek coming back up to the top, she had an idea. "Go down with Smerek!" she insisted.
"There's not going to be enough room, Marti."
"Not enough room for what?" Derek asked, joining his family at the bench. He reached down and stole the hot chocolate cup from Casey's hands to take a much needed sip. She glared up at him, but didn't otherwise argue.
"Marti wants me to go down the hill, but I don't have a sled, so she wants me to go down with you," she explained. "Tell her that we both won't fit."
Derek shrugged. "Of course you will. It'll be fine."
Casey's eyes widened. "Der-ek!"
He snickered, but grabbed for her hand to pull her up. "Oh, just do it once and Marti will shut up."
The eldest McDonald child sighed, but reluctantly nodded, following Derek and Marti to the edge of the hill.
Marti immediately took off, blazing down the hill without a care, while Derek sat on his sled, waiting for Casey. "Come on, Case," he said, patting the sled. "Hop on."
Making a displeased face, Casey awkwardly got on the sled. "It's so cramped," she complained. "I'm right on top of you."
Derek snorted. "Case, we've been closer than this," he pointed out, smirking.
Casey blushed before smacking his leg lightly. "That's different," she hushed out, embarrassed.
The Venturi rolled his eyes. "If it makes you feel better, think of it as like we're cuddling."
"You mean groping," Casey quickly amended. "You don't cuddle without groping something."
Derek wickedly grinned. "Is it so bad that I find my girlfriend hot?" he asked modestly.
She shook her head, not dignifying that with an answer. "Can we just go down already? I'm freezing."
"Whatever, princess," he said, and then propelled them forward.
However towards the end of the hill, Casey saw a stray rock up ahead. "Derek! Derek turn," she hollered, frantically patting him on the leg in a frenzy.
Derek looked over her shoulder to see what all the commotion was just in time to see the rock and swerve. Consequently, the maneuver caused them to tip over and roll down the remaining few feet of the hill, leaving Derek on top of Casey once they stopped.
"This is why I don't like sledding," Casey mumbled to herself miserably, pouting.
Derek chuckled, looking down at his girlfriend. "Stop being dramatic," he said before swooping in to give her a kiss.
Despite her foul mood, Casey couldn't refuse the way his lips felt against hers. She immediately wrapped her arms around his neck, pulling him closer, wanting and needing the warmth that came from him being so close.
Running out of breath, Casey pulled away, her eyes hooded and dazed from the kiss.
"Hey, Case," Derek whispered into her ear, lightly nibbling on it. Casey let out a small moan in response. "You have to carry the sled back up," he said regularly, jumping up from his position and running up the hill without her.
Shaking her head and realizing what just happened, Casey got up from the snow-covered ground peeved. "DER-EK!"
A/N: Short, but hopefully sweet! Let me know what you think in a review. And as always, if you have ideas for future oneshots, let me know! :)
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